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On Sat, Apr 08, 2006 at 08:34:30AM -0600, Scott Long wrote:
> >>On Fri, Apr 07, 2006 at 11:53:42PM +0100, Ceri Davies wrote:

> >>>For the filesystem I can use geom_label and /dev/ufs/UnlikelyString, b=
ut=20
> >>>I'd
> >>>also like to have it try to configure whatever interfaces the machine
> >>>happens to have via DHCP.
> >>>
> >>>Other than specifying ifconfig_<if>0=3D"DHCP" once for every possible=
=20
> >>>value of
> >>><if>, is there a mechanism to do this already?
> >>
> >>ifconfig_DEFAULT
>=20
> Well, the real question is why we force the details of driver names onto=
=20
> users.  Network and storage drivers are especially guilty of this, but
> tty devices also are annoying.

The current situation on BSD, where I can identify which interface is
meant by its type, is definitely preferable to the Linux situation where
eth0 may mean something different tomorrow depending on what is plugged
in.

Since we can rename devices arbitrarily, I don't really see a problem
with respect to anything else.

Ceri
--=20
That must be wonderful!  I don't understand it at all.
                                                  -- Moliere

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